Alpinia oxyphylla Miq.

Species

Angiosperms > Zingiberales > Zingiberaceae > Alpinia

Characteristics

Pseudostems 1--3 m. Ligule brownish, 2-cleft, 1--2 cm, rarely longer, membranous, sparsely puberulent; petiole short; leaf blade lanceolate, 25--35 × 3--6 cm, base subrounded, margin hispid, glabrescent, apex attenuate, caudate. Racemes enclosed in bud by a hat-shaped involucral bract deciduous at anthesis; rachis very shortly puberulent. Pedicel 1--2 mm. Calyx tubular, ca. 1.2 cm, split to middle on 1 side, abaxially pubescent, apex 3-toothed. Corolla tube 8--10 mm; lobes oblong, ca. 1.8 cm, central one white, wider than lateral ones, abaxially sparsely puberulent. Lateral staminodes subulate, ca. 2 mm. Labellum white with red stripes, obovate, ca. 2 cm, apical margin crisped. Filament ca. 1.2 cm; anther ca. 7 mm. Ovary densely tomentose. Capsule globose when fresh, fusiform when dry, 1.5--2 × ca. 1 cm, with elevated, vascular stripes, pubescent, apex with persistent calyx. Seeds irregularly oblate; aril brownish. Fl. Mar--May, fr. Apr--Sep. 2 n = 48*.
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A herb with an aroma. It grows 1-3 m tall. The leaves are along the stalk. They are sword shaped and 25-35 cm long by 3-6 cm wide. The flowers are white with red stripes. The are at the ends of the stalks.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 3.0
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Environment

It is a tropical plant. In XTBG Yunnan. In Townsville palmetum.
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Usage

The fruit can be eaten or used as a spice.
Uses medicinal spice
Edible flowers fruits seeds
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
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Images

Alpinia oxyphylla unspecified picture

Distribution

Alpinia oxyphylla world distribution map, present in China and Viet Nam

Identifiers

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WFO ID wfo-0000338663
COL ID 5TYCT
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Synonyms

Alpinia oxyphylla Amomum amarum Languas oxyphylla